Province reports 76 new cases, three deaths
Edmonton Zone sees 33 new infections as authorities work to trace surge
A total of 76 new cases of COVID -19 and three related deaths were reported in Alberta Thursday.
The latest deaths include a woman in her 80s at the Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre in Edmonton, bringing the death toll at the facility to 29. The other two deaths were a man in his 90s at the Heimstaed Seniors Lodge in La Crete and a man in his 90s in central Alberta.
The Good Samaritan website shows there are 12 active cases among residents and 17 among staff members. A total of 40 residents and 15 staff have recovered.
Data posted to the Alberta government’s website show total cases in the Edmonton Zone rose by 33 on Thursday. The capital region is currently home to 475 of the 1,036 active cases in Alberta. Edmonton-northeast is the hardest-hit area in the city, with 121 active cases.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Wednesday public health officials are working to trace the recent surge of cases in Edmonton.
“At this point, we haven’t identified any one particular area of concern that seems to be driving this new case rise,” said Hinshaw. “If we do identify (an outbreak) our first step would always be, as it has been for many months now, to work collaboratively and to make sure that we’re looking at what are all the things that we can do to limit the spread.”
The Calgary zone currently has 314 active cases. Northern Alberta and central Alberta have 104 and 88 cases, respectively. Southern Alberta has 52 cases. There are currently three cases with no known location.
There have been 11,969 cases in Alberta throughout the pandemic with 10,713 people having recovered. COVID-19 has led to 220 deaths in the province.
Currently, there are 50 people in hospital, 12 of whom are in intensive care.
Across Canada there have been 121,234 confirmed cases of COVID-19. A total of 9,015 people have died, show latest numbers from Health Canada. Globally there have been 20,439,814 confirmed cases and 744,385 deaths, the World Health Organization reports.